Leonid Ivashov

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Leonid Ivashov
General Ivashov at the 2005 Axis for Peace conference
Born (1943-08-31) 31 August 1943 (age 80)
Frunze, Kirghiz SSR, Soviet Union
Ivashov's voice
Recorded 19 July 2011
during an interview for Ekho Moskvy

Leonid Grigoryevich Ivashov (Russian: Леонид Григорьевич Ивашов; born 31 August 1943) is a Russian military and public official. He is President of the Academy for Geopolitical Problems and a retired Colonel-General.

In January 2022 he published a statement condemning Putin's "criminal policy of provoking a war" during the 2021–2022 Russo-Ukrainian crisis and calling for President Putin's resignation.

Biography

In 1964 Ivashov graduated from Tashkent Suvorov Military School and later in 1974 from the Frunze Military Academy. He was a rota commander in the Soviet military forces that invaded Czechoslovakia to put down the Prague Spring in 1968.

Between 1976 and 1984 he worked as a senior aide to the Soviet Minister of Defense Dmitriy Ustinov. In 1987 he became chief of the department for general affairs in the Soviet Union’s Ministry of Defence.

From 1996-2001 he was chief of the military cooperation department at the Russian Federation’s Ministry of Defence. He was in charge of military co-operation between members of the Commonwealth of Independent States.

General Ivashov was one of the organizers of the march of Russian paratroopers to Pristina in 1999.

After his retirement in 2001 Leonid Ivashov wrote extensively on military affairs and geopolitics. Between 2004 and 2014 he was President of the Academy for Geopolitical Problems. After a year break he was reelected president of the Academy end of March 2015.[1] He was reportedly involved in the Foundations of Geopolitics, a book by Alexander Dugin.[2]

On December 5, 2011 he notified his intention to participate in the presidential race through self-nomination. But the Central Election Committee refused his nomination for administrative reasons. [3]

In October 2016 general Ivashov explained in Russian Channel One that Russia's engagement in the Syrian conflict was critical to prevent construction of Qatar-Turkey pipeline, which would be catastrophic for Gazprom and, in turn, for the budget of Russian Federation.[4][5]

On 31 January 2022 as Chairman of the Russian Officers' General Assembly, Gen. Ivashov published a statement in "Ekho Moskvy" condemning Putin's "criminal policy of provoking a war" and calling for President Putin's resignation.[6][7] Blaming Putin for risking “the final destruction of Russian statehood and the extermination of the indigenous population of the country” Ivashov stated that the real danger for Russia was not NATO or the West but “the unviability of the state model, the complete incapacity and lack of professionalism of the system of power and administration, the passivity and disorganisation of society.” Under these conditions “no country survives for long”.[8] According to Roderick Gregory, "Ivashov believes that NATO is a hostile power, but his experience has taught him that the NATO/U.S. threat is under control and no external threat is imminent from the Western powers."[9]

References

  1. ^ General Leonid Ivashov has been reelected President of the Academy for Geopolitical Problems at end of March 2015, Ruskline, March 30, 2015.
  2. ^ John B. Dunlop. "Review: Aleksandr Dugin's Foundations of Geopolitics" (PDF).
  3. ^ Operation President of Russia, survincity, July 15th, 2013
  4. ^ "Российский генерал признал, что РФ воюет в Сирии чтобы обеспечить сбыт "Газпрому" в Европу". gordonua.com. Retrieved 2020-05-25.
  5. ^ "Вечер с Владимиром Соловьевым. Эфир от 04.10.2016". russia.tv (in Russian). Retrieved 2020-05-25.
  6. ^ https://echo.msk.ru/blog/echomsk/2976084-echo/
  7. ^ Galeotti, Mark (2022-02-07). "Anti-War Broadside Highlights Nationalist Critique of Putin". The Moscow Times. Retrieved 2022-02-11.
  8. ^ Galeotti, Mark (2022-02-07). "Anti-War Broadside Highlights Nationalist Critique of Putin". The Moscow Times. Retrieved 2022-02-11.
  9. ^ Gregory, Roderick (2022-02-11). "A retired Russian general's criticism may signal a larger problem for Putin". TheHill. Retrieved 2022-02-11.

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